Ross MacMahon explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Ross Roe MacMahon
Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All-Ireland
Church:Roman Catholic Church
See:Armagh
Term:1747 — 1748
Predecessor:Bernard MacMahon
Successor:Michael O'Reilly
Birth Place:Enagh, County Monaghan
Death Date:29 October
Previous Post:Bishop of Clogher
(1737 - 1747)

Ross Roe MacMahon (born 1698 in Enagh, County Monaghan) was ordained to the priesthood in 1727. He was appointed as Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher on 8 November 1738 following the appointment of his predecessor, Bernard MacMahon, to the see of Armagh on 8 November 1737.[1] Bishop MacMahon was himself appointed to the same see on 3 August 1747; he died in Armagh on 29 October 1748. Bishop MacMahon served as Bishop of Clogher for just under nine years.

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  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmcmar.html History of Bishop Ross Roe MacMahon